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During what activities do you take off your Apple Watch?
- Thread starter The Cockney Rebel
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It's fine to use it in the shower, Apple explicitly states this, you just should ensure you rinse it off.
About Apple Watch water resistance - Apple Support (CA)
Learn about water resistance on your Apple Watch and what to do if your device gets wet.
I wear my Ultra in bed for sleep tracking and because sometimes I wake up momentarily and want to look at my watch to see what time it is, Ultra's Wayfinder Night Mode is perfect to glance at it in dark.
Same here. I also have a used 1st gen SE that I use when I go golfing, at the beach or doing yard work. But otherwise, when I’m sleeping is the only time I’m not wearing my AW.
I charge my Ultra while I’m in the shower; otherwise, it’s on my wrist. Even when I’m in the garden up to my elbows in dirt digging out Bermuda grass roots … which, granted, has only been once or twice since I got the Ultra, since we finally seem to have knocked out all the deep roots.
I can imagine activities that some people do where it would be a good idea to take it off, but only for the same sorts of safety reasons you’d take off any watch or bracelet. I don’t do any of those sorts of activities.
I can also imagine that the watch might get a bit banged up if I were wrenching a car, but I’m not sure that would be enough reason to take it off. More likely, it’d be worried about getting grease stains on the band, so I’d get a different band for that sort of work. But it’s been ages since I was under a car, so, again, I don’t worry about that.
These things shouldn’t look pristine. They’re damned tough to begin with, and what few microscopic blemishes I’ve collected look like they belong.
What’s the coolest attraction at Disneyland, everybody’s favorite? Star Wars. What’s the most beat-up, grungiest, run-down attraction at Disneyland? Star Wars. Only the Evil Empire parts are shiny, and who wants to be a stormtrooper, complete with ramrod up the backside? I’ll take the Millennium Falcon over Vader’s three-wing shuttle thing any day.
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I can imagine activities that some people do where it would be a good idea to take it off, but only for the same sorts of safety reasons you’d take off any watch or bracelet. I don’t do any of those sorts of activities.
I can also imagine that the watch might get a bit banged up if I were wrenching a car, but I’m not sure that would be enough reason to take it off. More likely, it’d be worried about getting grease stains on the band, so I’d get a different band for that sort of work. But it’s been ages since I was under a car, so, again, I don’t worry about that.
These things shouldn’t look pristine. They’re damned tough to begin with, and what few microscopic blemishes I’ve collected look like they belong.
What’s the coolest attraction at Disneyland, everybody’s favorite? Star Wars. What’s the most beat-up, grungiest, run-down attraction at Disneyland? Star Wars. Only the Evil Empire parts are shiny, and who wants to be a stormtrooper, complete with ramrod up the backside? I’ll take the Millennium Falcon over Vader’s three-wing shuttle thing any day.
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Couldn't you just put on the water lock feature to prevent accidental input?
Watch removal...
Pre Ultra:
- Sleep (Charge)
- Shower
- Physical Labor (I wrench on things in tight spaces)
Post Ultra:
- Shower
- Physical Labor (Yeah, it could withstand the beating but why do that? I don't need it when I'm working that way and bashing it up feels wasteful).
Pre Ultra:
- Sleep (Charge)
- Shower
- Physical Labor (I wrench on things in tight spaces)
Post Ultra:
- Shower
- Physical Labor (Yeah, it could withstand the beating but why do that? I don't need it when I'm working that way and bashing it up feels wasteful).
When I go golfing. When I shower and charging. I had fall detection go off when I was golfing. I was able to stop it before it called. Learn that my vigorous swing and strongly hitting the ground with my club and not the ball will activate fall protection.
Yes, mine sometimes gets confused. Of course things like using a hammer will set it off. I'm ambidextrous and sometimes forget that while using my left hand. And other times it goes off for what appears to be no reason. But my wife and I still laugh about the time it didn't work. We were in an antique store that was a 100 year old building. The steep, wooden stairway going down to the main floor was somewhat dark and I lost my footing about three steps from the bottom. I wasn't hurt but rather embarrassed when I had the floor in my face. My watch?.....it didn't say a word. Nope. Ha. 😂